COMMENTARY

Image by Alpha India   TOM ARMSTRONG It’s very hard to get people interested in merchant shipping. In my experience it takes three things to generate even a short bit of attention: pollution (always catastrophic, […]

  CAROLINE FFISKE Late last year, the Department of Health and Social Care updated the official documents for reporting the details surrounding the death of a child. What happened shows how there is no sacrosanct […]

PETER HARRIS As I am sure you know, it was International Women’s Day just over a week ago. The idea of having a day to protest for women’s rights began with the American Socialist Party in 1909. […]

Alexander Bowen: We have not merely let foxes into the hen houses – we’ve put the foxes in charge ALEXANDER BOWEN Alexander Bowen is an MPP-MIA student at SciencesPo Paris and St Gallen specialising in […]

  SALLUST You might have thought that some of Britain’s most sacred cultural items might be sacrosanct and immune from the wave of ‘decolonising’ hysteria and self-loathing that has seeped across the nation like mustard […]

Alas poor Albion Albion Awake! – Image by Alpha India   FREDERICA I remember hearing Britain referred to as “Albion” in my youth. It somehow struck a chord in me, and I prefer now to […]

ROGER WATSON IT IS FIVE years since the World Health Organization (WHO), having changed its tune considerably about the nature of the mystery viral illness in China, declared a ‘pandemic’. But if Global Health Now […]

WINTER WATCH If you read George Orwell’s fictional novel “1984” when you were young, now is an opportune time for a second look. It’s the language of “1984” that’s of particular use. The book is […]

Richard discusses the concept of bills of exchange and how they can be used to settle utility and government bills. He shares examples, including successful payments made using this method, and highlights a case where […]